The Vintage Aircraft Club had
chosen a good day for their Valentine flyin to Turweston. With clear
skies and light winds we set off with an additional member on board, we
were joined by John Coker whose usual plane the Tiger Moth was on its
annual

The previous day we had
Emailed Turweston of our intention and confirmed our departure by
telephone on the day

The route took us over Didcot,
past Oxford, Bicester, Finmere and we soon had Turweston in our sights. The
huge circuit was quite busy but we joined and landed without problems.

On arrival we discovered many
planes had already arrived and they continued to arrive steadily
throughout the day. It was nice to see some unusual planes there
like the Broussard and the Dragon Rapide

This was definitely the
greatest number of aircraft that we had seen at Turweston before and was a
very successful flyin. We all had hopes that this was setting the
scene for the rest of the years events. The one disadvantage with
successful events was the length of the queue in the tea room, but the
girls here worked hard and we soon had some refreshments. Later in
the day we were joined by John in the J1 Auster from Popham and later
still by Paul in the Bulldog from Bourne Park.

This was our first experience
of the year of real sunshine and warmth on an airfield. Long may it
last